41 h. ago Farage and Reform ‘whipping up anger’ on migrants, cabinet minister warns

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson claimed Mr Farage has ‘no interest’ in finding solutions to the migrant crisis and small boats

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5 d. ago France faces 'catastrophic' £2.85TRILLION 'debt explosion' meltdown as minister warns country is heading for IMF bailout with Emmanuel Macron's government on the verge of collapse

Eric Lombard, the Economy Minister, issued a stark warning that 'a risk exists' that the IMF will be forced to bail out Paris.

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1 week ago Israeli minister warns the 'gates of hell will soon open up' on Hamas as Netanyahu moves to approve Gaza City invasion

In a post on X, Israel Katz said: 'Soon the gates of hell will open for the murderers and rapists of Hamas in Gaza, until they accept the conditions set by Israel for ending the war.'

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1 week ago Russian foreign minister warns West over excluding Moscow from Ukraine security discussions

Russia’s foreign minister has sent the West a warning over excluding Moscow from security discussions on Ukraine.

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1 week ago Putin's top diplomat warns of 'road to nowhere' in Ukraine security talks

Russia’s foreign minister has warned against talks about Ukraine’s security without Russia at the table

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2 w. ago ‘Shut it down and start again’: staff disquiet as Alan Turing Institute faces identity crisis

Whistleblower warns UK’s top AI research body in danger of collapse due to threats over funding and new directionWhen the UK government announced the creation of the Alan Turing Institute in 2014 it promised a “fitting memorial” to the renowned computer scientist and artificial intelligence pioneer.More than a decade on, Britain’s leading AI institute is in turmoil as staff warn it may be in danger of collapse and ministers demand a shift in focus to defence and security work. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Wildfires trigger record calls on EU forces as Spain battles blazes

Spanish prime minister warns of ‘difficult days ahead’ as temperatures remain above 40C

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2 w. ago Wildfires rage across Europe as Spanish Prime Minister warns of 'very tough' times

It comes as large parts of Europe are still being gripped by a heatwave

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2 w. ago Shoplifting should be known as 'shop theft' to avoid trivialising the crime, ministers agree as offending soars by a fifth in one year

In a letter to ministers, peers warned the 'outdated' word was 'trivialising the severity of the offence' and called for it to be phased out in legislation and guidance.

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2 w. ago Spain wildfires are ‘clear warning’ of climate emergency, minister says

Environment minister says blazes are proof of country’s vulnerability to global heating as fires burn across EuropeThe heatwave-fuelled wildfires that have killed two people in Spain over recent days, devouring thousands of hectares of land and forcing thousands of people from their homes, are a “clear warning” of the impact of the climate emergency, the country’s environment minister has said.Speaking on Wednesday morning, as firefighters in Spain, Greece and other Mediterranean countries continued to battle dozens of blazes, Sara Aagesen said the 14 wildfires still burning across seven Spanish regions were further proof of the country’s particular vulnerability to global heating. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Starmer set to speak to Trump alongside European leaders ahead of Putin meeting

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer warned on Monday that peace ‘must be built with Ukraine, not imposed upon it’.

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3 w. ago Downing Street issues Vladimir Putin 'trust' warning as despot looks to 're

A spokesperson for the Prime Minister has ominously warned 'don't trust Putin as far as you can throw him' ahead of peace talks between Russia and the US, scheduled to take place later this week

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3 w. ago Putin cannot be trusted ‘as far as you could throw him’, Starmer warns

Labour prime minister has warned Ukraine must be involved in any peace deal with Russia ahead of Trump summit in Alaska

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3 w. ago Netanyahu’s Gaza war plan will fail, warns Israel’s finance minister

Far-right ultranationalist Bezalel Smotrich says he has ‘lost faith’ that PM can achieve ‘decisive victory’

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3 w. ago US envoy's fury at Starmer over Gaza: PM attacked after warning Israel's escalation would 'only bring more bloodshed'

After the Prime Minister warned Israel's latest escalation would 'only bring more bloodshed', Mike Huckabee likened the country's situation to Britain in World War Two.

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3 w. ago LORD HANSON: Football ticket fraud data is shocking as Premier League excitement grows

Writing for the Daily Mirror, Fraud Minister Lord Hanson warns that fraudsters are hoping for a bonanza when the Premier League and WSL season starts up again after pocketing millions in the last two years

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3 w. ago Gordon Brown blasts return of 'poverty of 60 years ago' as he makes one big demand

Former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned the Government must act now on the two-child benefit limit and said he's seen a return to the poverty of 60 years ago

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3 w. ago ‘Worrying’ levels of screen time means young people losing confidence to socialise in person, minister warns – UK politics live

Culture secretary Lisa Nandy says ‘majority of young people spend all, or almost all, of their free time alone in their bedrooms, online’Rachel Reeves will need to raise taxes to close a government spending gap that is on course to reach more than £40bn after a slowdown in economic growth and higher-than-expected inflation, according to the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR), a thinktank. Phillip Inman has the story.Good morning. Keir Starmer is out on a visit today and he will be doing broadcast interviews. It may be the only time we hear from him this week, and there is no shortage of topics that journalists will want to ask him about. By the end of the day we may get new, or newish, lines on Gaza, the “one in, one out” returns deal with France, tax rises and the black hole in the government’s finances (priced at more than £40bn, according to a report from a well-respected thinktank today), Ukraine, the case for and against disclosing suspects’ immigration ...

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4 w. ago Hundreds ready to be arrested at mass protest against Palestine Action terror ban

The prime minister’s spokesperson warned that those who support Palestine Action ‘may yet not know the true nature of this organisation’

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4 w. ago Asylum hotel protestors warned 'anger doesn't get you anywhere' by minister

Border security minister Dame Angela Eagle has warned people who are protesting outside asylum hotels that 'anger doesn't get you anywhere' as she pledged to do the 'detailed work'

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